Civil War Union Brigadier General. Growing up on the family farm, he became a civil engineer and at the out break of the Civil War, he was residing in Illinois. In August 1861, he joined the 59th Illinois Infantry, Union Army, was elected Captain and led a company of troops at Pea Ridge. Commissioned a Colonel in command of a ram fleet, he led troops to victory in the Battle of Memphis, plus fought with Confederate gunboats on the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers. Promoted Brigadier General on November 1, 1862, he was in command of an amphibious army force called the Mississippi Marine Brigade, which attacked guerrillas shooting from the riverbanks. He fought at the Second Vicksburg Campaign, also oversaw transport duty operations and took part in marine brigade operations in Arkansas and Louisiana. Toward the end of the war, he conducted operations in New Orleans. After the war, he returned to working as a civil engineer and became involved in railroad development.
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Growing up on the family farm, he became a civil engineer and at the out break of the Civil War, he was residing in Illinois. In August 1861, he joined the 59th Illinois Infantry, Union Army, was elected Captain and led a company of troops at Pea Ridge. Commissioned a Colonel in command of a ram fleet, he led troops to victory in the Battle of Memphis, plus fought with Confederate gunboats on the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers. Promoted Brigadier General on November 1, 1862, he was in command of an amphibious army force called the Mississippi Marine Brigade, which attacked guerrillas shooting from the riverbanks. He fought at the Second Vicksburg Campaign, also oversaw transport duty operations and took part in marine brigade operations in Arkansas and Louisiana. Toward the end of the war, he conducted operations in New Orleans. After the war, he returned to working as a civil engineer and became involved in railroad development.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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